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Plant-based. foot-friendly. made in spain
Barefoot shoes made to move with you
In production
This season’s new models
Our families
Different shapes. The same freedom.
Each family has its own character. They all give your feet the space to move naturally.
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Essence
11 models · from 49 €
Light, flexible and with plenty of room for your toes.
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Original
9 models · from 39 €
The shape that started it all. Wide, simple and unmistakably Sambas
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Sambalia
8 models · from 39 €
Clean lines and a close fit, made to wear with or without socks.
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Bamba
8 models · from 40 €
Our everyday sneaker. Flexible, roomy and easy to wear.
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Sambarina
7 models · from 45 €
Our take on the classic ballet flat, shaped for barefoot freedom.
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Mary Jane
5 models · from 89 €
A wide toe box and adjustable fit that holds your foot without squeezing.
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Botín
4 models · from 89 €
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Bota
4 models · from 45 €
Our roomy shape in a taller version for colder days.
In stock now
Ready to go and feel the grass
Why foot-friendly
The shoe adapts to your foot, not the other way round
Conventional footwear has a slightly toxic relationship with our poor feet: it squeezes them, lifts them, reshapes them. Then come the bunions, the chronic pain, the bad alignment, the back and the knees complaining. The good news: feet regenerate. Give them a shoe shaped like a foot and they start getting their health back.
Add ten minutes of foot exercises a day and you’ll notice the difference sooner than you think.
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4 mm sole
Thin and flexible, so you can feel the ground you walk on.
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Zero drop
Heel and toe at the same height. Your body lines itself up.
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Wide toe box
So your toes can fan out, including that beautiful little one at the end.
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Lightweight
No unnecessary weight. No dragging your shoes around.
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Flat insole
No arch support: the foot strengthens on its own. Removable, 4-5 mm, coconut fibre (Original) or hemp fibre (Bamba, Bambita, Sambalia and Sambarina).
Biomaterials
Zero animal materials. Almost all of it, plant-based.
Almost everything you wear starts out as a plant: pineapple leaf, cork, linen, hemp and certified organic cotton. Recyclable or biodegradable biomaterials and recovered traditional fibres, chosen one by one.
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Oleatex®
Vegan leather made from olive by-products. Up to 90% bio-content and six times less carbon.
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Cork
Naturally waterproof, light, renewable and biodegradable. Harvested without harming the tree; cork forests absorb CO₂ and hold back desertification.
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GOTS organic cotton
No toxics, no GMOs, responsible water use and GOTS certification.
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Linen
Antibacterial and thermoregulating: cool in summer, warm in winter.
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Hemp
Tough, antibacterial, odour-neutralising and it barely needs water.
GOTS certifies our organic cotton.
Victoria and Manuel
“Sambas is an act of love. After years working in the footwear industry, we felt we could do more, and do it differently.”
“It started as a family mission to find natural, respectful shoes and we got rather carried away. As good for your feet as for the planet they walk on.”
Victoria and Manuel · Granada
We design in Granada and manufacture in Spain, for the know-how, the principles, the efficiency and the closeness.
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24-48 h delivery
Spain and Portugal. Europe 4-6 days, rest of the world 6-10.
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Free returns via Nacex
In Spain and Portugal, carriage forward.
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Size swaps
On us in mainland Spain, the Balearics and Portugal: we send the new pair and collect the old one.
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Made in Spain
Shoemaking tradition, just down the road.
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